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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM 8-K</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">CURRENT REPORT


<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF<BR>
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December&nbsp;14, 2004


<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>FAMOUS DAVE&#146;S OF AMERICA, INC.</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Minnesota</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>0-21625</B><BR>
(Commission File Number)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>41-1782300</B><BR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>8091 Wallace Road, Eden Prairie, MN</B><BR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(952)&nbsp;294-1300</B>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Not Applicable</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)</DIV>

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2.03. Triggering Events That Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial
Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Transaction</B>.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As mentioned in the registrant&#146;s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
September&nbsp;26, 2004, a subsidiary of the registrant was named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed in
the Court of Common Pleas, Warren County, Ohio. The lawsuit relates to, among other things, various
alleged defaults by a franchisee of the registrant under its Middletown, Ohio lease and defaults by
the registrant&#146;s subsidiary under a guaranty agreement pursuant to which the subsidiary guaranteed
the franchisee&#146;s performance under the lease. Based on correspondence from the landlord recently
received by the registrant and a recently amended complaint, the landlord is seeking damages in an
amount up to approximately $1.6&nbsp;million. The Company is in the very preliminary stages of
investigating the landlord&#146;s claim and has identified several factors and potential defenses to the
landlord&#146;s claim that the registrant believes may mitigate the registrant&#146;s liability materially or
altogether. The registrant intends to defend vigorously against the claim.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">FAMOUS DAVE&#146;S OF AMERICA, INC.<BR>
(REGISTRANT)<BR>
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    <TD align="left">Date: December 20, 2004&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Diana G. Purcel
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    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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